The decline in Hong Kong's status in all aspects can be seen from one statistic: the intelligence personnel stationed in Hong Kong from various countries and regions.

Even many years after the handover, Hong Kong was a conduit for understanding the mainland's various foreign policies, and even many years after the handover, due to the very large flow of materials and personnel, as well as foreign transit trade, especially the transaction of sensitive and leading technology, and so on, the quantity and quality of Hong Kong's intelligence personnel, as well as the priority within their respective organizations, were quite guaranteed. But then, this aspect gradually became no longer possible.

However, Hong Kong has never changed its own soil that is quite suitable for the existence of intelligence agents and covert organizations. Although the Kowloon Walled City has been cleaned up, that ecology has not been completely removed. Until now, triads and organised crime have remained a key part of the Force, with a high level of competence and authority. The mutual spying investigation between the police and the community may not be as divine as in "Infernal Affairs", but it must exist. And this kind of social status quo where black and white is not very clear also makes it quite easy for various intelligence agents and covert organizations to find their own space.

If you want to understand all kinds of situations, open investigation and evidence collection is one channel, but through various affairs channels and intelligence channels, it is another style.

Yue Qingyan could also check it himself, but that was a typical outsider who had crossed the line. It is not easy to keep it secret, nor is it easy to ask for the real content. And looking for Chen Xinghong to help, whether it is related to himself or not, as long as Chen Ye is willing to help, it is at least a face. Yue Qingyan doesn't have to protect his face more, and it is easy to have problems if such a big guy owes himself too much for too long.

Before, the abduction of Nie Mingyi's father and son could be regarded as Chen Xinghong's lack of face. After that, he tossed around in public, and also wanted to save his reputation and let Yue Qingyan see his energy. At this level, Chen Xinghong lost a little face. Then, he agreed to Chen Xinghong's request and put forward the plan to sort out Hong Kong's history with literary and entertainment works, and at the same time engage in a physical paradise economy. Why? If this idea had been communicated to the top level of the Hong Kong government through the Hong Kong Police Force first, the effect would have been very good. If the project is established, it may not be to cooperate with Xinghong Group, but it is more likely that several other bigwigs in Hong Kong will invest alone or jointly. Xinghong Group is at most an outsourcing service provider.

But at present, this plate is that Yue Qingyan has already joined forces with Xinghong Group, and then proposed it to that side. After that, of course, it is still impossible to prevent those bigwigs from entering, but no matter how they enter the game, Xinghong Group has already gained a firm foothold. As a first-mover investor, it also has a certain right to speak. Of course, Chen Ye can calculate this situation clearly.

Although Yue Qingyan said that he wanted to investigate a case that had nothing to do with him, since he had raised it, whether or not to deal with this matter and how to deal with this matter was very particular.

Although Chen Xinghong looks rough and reckless, after all, he can't be really stupid when he has developed a club into the scale of Xinghong Group for so many years. After a little hesitation, he said, "I'll ask Ah Xing, who is younger than his subordinates, to follow you to investigate this matter, and I will prepare two carts with some brothers in them, and they will move around the place where you went to investigate, just in case." On the pier in Wan Chai, I asked people to prepare a speedboat and a cruise ship. Anyway, it's all ready-made, just send a few brothers on standby. ”

Chen Xinghong thought about it again and said, "When you check, you don't need to say my name, it will cause a lot of movement." Just say it's a matter of Brother Biao in West Kowloon. Ah Biao has indeed been looking for that Yun Yucheng recently, for the things he has in hand. I'll say hello. ”

The assistant who was completely silent on the side added: "Master Chen, I'll just call Brother Biao." In addition, if the opponent really has a water ghost team, the strength is not bad. Just bringing two cars of people still seems to be a little dangerous. Do you want Ding Shao to send a few people with weapons?"

"Okay, you go and arrange it. Ah Xing should be in the small shop next to him, call him. Give my Land Rover to Yue Shao first. ”

Yue Qingyan was still satisfied with Chen Xinghong's arrangements. Taking into account the situation of the inquiry, taking into account safety, and also considering not to make a big deal for the time being. Although the work of centering and coordinating is troublesome, it can be seen that these arrangements are made with care.

"Okay, Master Chen, thank you very much. Yue Qingyan hurriedly said, "I'll report to Chen Ye again when I'm a little eyebrow-raising." ”

"You're welcome. Tell me what to report or not. We're not interested in that. Chen Xinghong smiled and said, "I can't say that I am completely uninterested in this matter. See what you do. ”

Ah Xing usually works as a store manager at a convenience store near the villa. As a member of the club, a convenience store alone is enough for him to live, but this guy is a guy who can't be separated. Always want to do all kinds of fun things. Seeing Ah Xing, it made Yue Qingyan think of Makoto Makoto. Makoto Makoto, the character in "Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park", whether it is identity, background, or even personality, is really a bit similar to this Ah Xing.

"Yue Shao, Chen Ye asked me to follow, mainly to make it easier to find someone to ask about the situation. In Hong Kong, speaking Chinese is a bit loud and I can't ask anything. Moreover, I am a person under Brother Yu, and most circles know me. But I'll just drive you and run errands, so it's up to you how you ask about it. ”

"Are you familiar with diving?"

"It's quite familiar. Chen Ye also knows this. I've been in the Marine Police before, in the Search and Rescue Team. Later injured quit. ”

"In those cases I said. If you arrange an operation, how do you evacuate?"

"You'll be on the scene soon. I also asked if there should be no other ships near the scene and left quickly. That has to be evacuated, and a few water ghosts are dragging a person, which is quite troublesome. Either go ashore nearby, or there is a boat nearby to pick up, and it will not exceed 500 meters. Moreover, it can't be too conspicuous, the six water ghosts dragged a person, and the surrounding area attracted a lot of attention. It is estimated that it is a wide-body or catamaran boat, which is boarded from a middle position, or from a place with its back to the shore, under some cover. ”

"If you see the video, can you do a fundamental analysis? See which ship it is?"

"No problem. This is not difficult. ”

Yue Qingyan grasped the key to a few questions. Following these questions, Ah Xing seemed to grasp the key to the matter at once.

"Yue Shao, you are so powerful. It feels like there's a breakthrough right now. Ah Xing said sincerely.

"Reading and writing books is an exercise for the brain. Yue Qingyan said with a smile: "I don't know if I can break through." Let's find a way to get the video first. ”

The problem of the video is not difficult for Ah Xing, and even Yue Qingyan, who is still an outsider. From some gossip tabloid, they paid a little money to get a copy.

Carefully studying the video, within a few minutes, Ah Xing judged that there were a total of four ships with suspicious appearances. Three small freighters, one small cruise ship. The cruise ship is a catamaran, with some plastic boxes in the middle, which seems to be training, but it does form an effective obscuration of sight. Moreover, a cruise ship that supplies all kinds of diving equipment on weekdays will not cause any ideas.

The three small freighters appear to be engaged in the transportation of scattered goods across the bay, and the water may sometimes be smoother than ground transportation, as long as it does not stand in the way of the larger ships.

The name and number of the ship cannot be fully identified in the video, only the numbers seen sporadically. However, this is not difficult for Ah Xing. He went to find a way to ask the person in charge of port management and dispatch, and brought the activity records of this area. This record has been filed and investigated by the Marine Police and the Police Department. But it seems that the police force didn't pay much attention, and this record still asked them to send someone to send it early tomorrow morning.

Ah Xing happily got the remake of all the records from his phone. Then the numbers of the four ships were locked and so on.

"This ship...... It is our prosperous ship. I'll give you a call and ask, and it should be okay. It doesn't matter if the cruise ship looks ok, they stop at Pier 7 to check it out, it's not far from here. The cruise ship is registered at the Fufeng Water Sports Club. Of the two small cargo ships, this one is a little more suspicious. This boat type also doubles as a fishing boat, and there is an inner notch in the tail, which can be changed to a place for water ghosts to go on and off the water, which is very convenient. And then this ship, in the video, is full of things, and the upper and lower openings on the tail are half covered, which is especially suspicious. The vessel is registered with Thomas Cargo. The...... It should be a company registered in Jordan Road, and I haven't dealt with it. There are too many such small companies. They are registered to unload and berth at Pier 2. Let's take a look?"

"Okay. Let's go. Yue Qingyan basically trusted Ah Xing's judgment, and they immediately headed towards the second pier.

The suspicious little freighter was indeed anchored at Pier 2. All kinds of people came and went on the dock, up and down, Ah Xing took Yue Qingyan and Mo Ersheng were not conspicuous at all, and they soon came to the place where the freighter was berthed.

There was no one on the boat, but Yue Qingyan found that the notch in the tail did have traces of water ghosts up and down. Although the other party had already wiped the stern of the boat when he left. But there are still missing details.

Yue Qingyan flipped open the baffle of the stern notch, and pulled out the folding ladder that went up and down the water for a short section. The folded part is wet.

Ah Xing sneered and said, "They can't estimate it, Yue Shao, you are really good, and this kind of detail can also be discovered." ”

"Don't praise me. Tune in to the dock video and see if there's any movement here. How did they get people away from the docks. It's unlikely that there was a place for detention and torture here. Yue Qingyan said: "Moreover, when you get here, you can disperse your actions." The goal will also be much smaller. ”

However, the video here at the pier is incomplete. The terminal management office only has videos on the street, in the warehouse area, and in and out of the dock area, and does not cover all boats. After a rough scan, they didn't find anyone leaving the dock with people or large objects.

Yue Qingyan groaned, he thought of another possibility.

"Could it be that they just changed boats and left? The monitoring here is not complete, we found out, and the other party may have known about it. That means that as long as they are here, they can change ships and leave without passing through the video surveillance area. And a different ship...... If it's that kind of yacht, it's easy to go somewhere else or just look for an opportunity to torture on the water. On the yacht, it seems reasonable for several people to leave with a drunk person in their hands. In this case, there is no complete chain of evidence. ”